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Obama and didnt because they felt the party was too far right. mitch daniel, jeb bush and chris christie. all three of them looked at what was going on at the end of 2011 and said, really, do i want to get in the middle of a fight with guys like herman cain and possibly sarah palin? am i really going to engage in that type of debate? so its not just the people we had out there, arianna, that really just shattered the republican brand at the primary process, its the strong leaders that stayed awa...

Congress, do you think wed be debating contraception? i dont think so. i think wed be talking about the economy, about the best way to get more women into small businesses and other small businesses. the best way to increase our manufacturing, increase entrepreneurialism and innovation. i think womens voices are very fundamental to this election. >> lets remember the backdrop of this as well, congresswoman bachmann. here are the latest polling numbers. the president has a big advantage on the nu...

It was reminiscent of 1992, on the campaign trail, hillary clinton saying this. >> you know, i suppose i could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what i decided to do was fulfill my profession, which i entered before my husband was in public life. >> is this the conversation that were going to have again in the course of this campaign? >> i dont think so. but i think womens voices are going to be so important in this election. this is an election where i believe that women have...

To fulfill my profession which i had before i was in public life. >> womens choices are going to be so important in this election. this is an election where i believe that women have to be heard. a lot of younger women arent voting, we want to make sure younger women are voting. making sure women are holding elected leaders accountable. but in politics today, women dont have a strong enough voice. we only have 17% women in congress. we only have six governors. i like to joke with my friends, if ...

Student who he talked about on his radio show this past week. we know that the president called the young woman and offered her support. we also know that the president is now booked to give the commencement address at barnard, a womens college. how do you think this all of these social issues contraception and the like is going to play out in the general election no matter who the nominee is? >> well, i think it is a disaster for republicans frankly. the fact that we are sitting here in 2012 de...

Are we talking about contraception? >> of course, these cultural issues that matter to people on a personal, deep level are nice way or a distractor of those real issues that republicans arent quite having the same traction on they hoped they would have one or two months ago. the unemployment rate is not where they thought we were trending. we must change the conversation. rush is uniquely positioned to be that sort of fire bomb thrower because he doesnt really have a boss. he owns his own show....

People to be forced to pay for her contraception, including the private religious institution that she chooses to attend. with all due respect, i dont think were debating contraception in the 21st century. the question is should other people be forced to pay for other peoples birthcontrol, including religious organizations. >> excuse me. i have to jump in here. >> this is going to be another segment some time. but if we didnt have employer-based health coverage, this whole thing wouldnt be an is...

About senate democrats threatening private businesses against donating to republicans or maybe things wont turn out well for you when the next tax code is written. we saw this with green energy subsidies. there were big donors getting billions of dollars to companies they invested in. in exchange, they had deep ties to obamas fundraising in 2008 and beyond. so if were going to talk about the issue seriously, i agree with krystal that we should talk about it on both sides, not just the republican...

of almost like front-runnerish position. that was the 20th gop debate last night on cnn and really hit from all sides accused of being a big spender and accused of being a washington insider and accused of being a fake at which point hes like, im real, im real. some of the toughest attacks came from mitt romney. they literally yelled at each other. listen. >> while i was fighting to save the olympics, you were fighting to save the bridge to no where. >> just as torturous as -- >> they ...

>> thats what it really was about, michael. >> i think we can clear the air here. i may not be fair here, but in an interview last october, not a million years ago, this past october, rick santorum was running head to head for the republican administration, talked about what he called the dangers of contraception. lets listen. >> one thing i will talk about that no other candidate will talk about is the dangers of contraception. contraception is okay. its not okay. its a license to do things in ...